NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP - Page 36

havoc92 · September 28 2012, 10:06 AM

Thank you. And, yeah, the shadowplay is pretty amazing. Not always what I expect; but, nice to look at. Definitely gives a sense of realism to the images.

This is the latest. You can see here the work has now been done in crafting the basis for the sides of the watertanks.. essentially bulkheads that will have a pressure door access
once finished. It's not on the plans; but, I don't know how you have a storage space that large with no access to do
inspections or cleaning as needed.

The first of the support structural frames can be seen between bulkheads in view as well. This will wind up being much added to and tweaked; but, the base is there now to work from. Both took quite a bit of time to derive; but, happy so far with the outcome. The last image shows a set of water towers in place. These look small to the space; but, combined with small pumps on the other decks, they'll serve to move water quite well throughout the ship. They need some work yet as the material broke on import and needs reapplied; but, very happy with this as well. Next will be work to the floors in this section. Haven't decided exactly how to do them yet; but, have some really good ideas brewing.

havoc92 · December 26 2012, 05:18 AM

Been working on finishing the plumbing for the water storage section of deck 4. You can see in the first
few images some thinking going on as to how I was going to handle floor bracing in the exposed area.
Didn't like the first approach, dumped it and went for something similar to what I did with the framing on
the Bridge deck. Overall, seems to be coming along well, so.. back to work. Enjoy!

Patrickivan · December 26 2012, 02:29 PM

Brilliant stuff! Will you be including access points for personnel? Small crawl ways and such? Or do you think it would be more of a remove ceiling and wall panels for accessing any points of issue? That actually seems to make the most sense with TOS ships.

But ya- good work. I'm really enjoying this.

havoc92 · December 26 2012, 03:25 PM

Patrickivan wrote:

Brilliant stuff! Will you be including access points for personnel? Small crawl ways and such? Or do you think it would be more of a remove ceiling and wall panels for accessing any points of issue? That actually seems to make the most sense with TOS ships.

But ya- good work. I'm really enjoying this.

Thank you. There will be access point(s); but, I haven't made a decision yet as whether to Go deck 5 corridor access or deck 4 crawl space. There are advantages to both; but, I think I'm liking deck 5 access better. Neither is on the floorplans; so, ..

havoc92 · December 27 2012, 06:41 PM

Still doing cut and cleanup work; but, ...

blssdwlf · December 27 2012, 10:57 PM

Nice! I can only imagine the polycount going up for the next decks

Praetor · December 28 2012, 06:12 PM

I continue to be impressed by your persistence, progress, and stunning achievements on this project. This is a feel-good thread.

havoc92 · December 29 2012, 12:52 PM

Thanks again

This is the latest. Still working on cleanup of the deck 4 framing. Big job; but, had to be done in order
to have a base mounting point for the deck 2 & 3 framing. The Blue necklace shaped spar will be the
central mount point for the framing on the upper decks. Since that is now in place, I've already derived
a base model to make the framing supports from for the upper decks. I also split the deck 4 walls for
inner and outer hull sections. The last image shows this as well as work done to the deck 4 flooring.
Been a very long and busy day of editing. Very pleased with the result though there's still a long way
to go to complete this section of the ship. Plowing forward.

And, Blssdwlf, yeah, the polycount passed batSh*tnuts a long time ago. I don't even want to know where it is at the moment myself lol

havoc92 · December 31 2012, 08:09 PM

Outer ribbing has all been trimmed and cleaned. They were booleaned to mate up with the "necklace"
ring I spoke of earlier. A few more mods will be needed to allow for the PWT feed through the aft
of the deck; but, no sweat. The last images show the buildup of the ribbing for decks 2 and 3 in
progress. Back to work

havoc92 · February 16 2013, 02:55 AM

Video recap of the most recent work. Been trying to get videos goin again. Took a while; but, finally..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5OS9u7rQI

blssdwlf · February 16 2013, 04:07 AM

Glad to see you're still working on it!

havoc92 · February 16 2013, 11:30 PM

blssdwlf wrote:

Glad to see you're still working on it!

Tryin. Gettin the time, interest and energy to line up nowadays is like hitting the lottery.

havoc92 · February 28 2013, 04:50 AM

Ok, still working the superstructure for decks 2-4; but, nearing completion.

This was in dozens of pieces as of the time this render was done. After a week worth of eyeballing,
measuring and stitching bits together, this is now largely in two pieces and I may have another update
yet tonight. I rechecked position on the windows and resultantly dropped the height of the window
placement on deck 2. The outer and inner hull sections have been cut to match the new placement.
Will have to mod the lowpolly skins as well; but, such is life.. Still workin it tonight; so, back at it.

blssdwlf · February 28 2013, 05:28 AM

Nice!

The window placements do offer a challenge though!

havoc92 · February 28 2013, 08:46 AM

Still workin; but, here's another update in place..

Still have a number of things to do; but, everything has been combined at this point. Now I have to
mod it for the bridge deck floor, gangway and the turbolift passthrough/support. Framing for the
observatory door is already done.

September 28 2012, 10:06 AM	#526
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Thank you. And, yeah, the shadowplay is pretty amazing. Not always what I expect; but, nice to look at. Definitely gives a sense of realism to the images. This is the latest. You can see here the work has now been done in crafting the basis for the sides of the watertanks.. essentially bulkheads that will have a pressure door access once finished. It's not on the plans; but, I don't know how you have a storage space that large with no access to do inspections or cleaning as needed. The first of the support structural frames can be seen between bulkheads in view as well. This will wind up being much added to and tweaked; but, the base is there now to work from. Both took quite a bit of time to derive; but, happy so far with the outcome. The last image shows a set of water towers in place. These look small to the space; but, combined with small pumps on the other decks, they'll serve to move water quite well throughout the ship. They need some work yet as the material broke on import and needs reapplied; but, very happy with this as well. Next will be work to the floors in this section. Haven't decided exactly how to do them yet; but, have some really good ideas brewing. __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

December 26 2012, 05:18 AM	#527
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Been working on finishing the plumbing for the water storage section of deck 4. You can see in the first few images some thinking going on as to how I was going to handle floor bracing in the exposed area. Didn't like the first approach, dumped it and went for something similar to what I did with the framing on the Bridge deck. Overall, seems to be coming along well, so.. back to work. Enjoy! __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

December 26 2012, 02:29 PM	#528
Patrickivan Fleet Captain Location: Ontario, Canada	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Brilliant stuff! Will you be including access points for personnel? Small crawl ways and such? Or do you think it would be more of a remove ceiling and wall panels for accessing any points of issue? That actually seems to make the most sense with TOS ships. But ya- good work. I'm really enjoying this. __________________ http://patrickivan.wordpress.com/page/2/ "Perception isn't Reality. Perception is our interpretation of Reality. And Reality remains, despite perception." Me

December 27 2012, 06:41 PM	#530
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Still doing cut and cleanup work; but, ... __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

December 27 2012, 10:57 PM	#531
blssdwlf Commodore	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Nice! I can only imagine the polycount going up for the next decks

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December 28 2012, 06:12 PM	#532
Praetor Vice Admiral Location: Totally different head. Totally.	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP I continue to be impressed by your persistence, progress, and stunning achievements on this project. This is a feel-good thread. __________________ "Dude, put the blasty thing down, and have a toke on this baby." - 420 Kirk.

December 29 2012, 12:52 PM	#533
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Thanks again This is the latest. Still working on cleanup of the deck 4 framing. Big job; but, had to be done in order to have a base mounting point for the deck 2 & 3 framing. The Blue necklace shaped spar will be the central mount point for the framing on the upper decks. Since that is now in place, I've already derived a base model to make the framing supports from for the upper decks. I also split the deck 4 walls for inner and outer hull sections. The last image shows this as well as work done to the deck 4 flooring. Been a very long and busy day of editing. Very pleased with the result though there's still a long way to go to complete this section of the ship. Plowing forward. And, Blssdwlf, yeah, the polycount passed batSh*tnuts a long time ago. I don't even want to know where it is at the moment myself lol __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

December 31 2012, 08:09 PM	#534
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Outer ribbing has all been trimmed and cleaned. They were booleaned to mate up with the "necklace" ring I spoke of earlier. A few more mods will be needed to allow for the PWT feed through the aft of the deck; but, no sweat. The last images show the buildup of the ribbing for decks 2 and 3 in progress. Back to work __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

February 16 2013, 02:55 AM	#535
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Video recap of the most recent work. Been trying to get videos goin again. Took a while; but, finally.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5OS9u7rQI __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

February 16 2013, 04:07 AM	#536
blssdwlf Commodore	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Glad to see you're still working on it!

February 28 2013, 04:50 AM	#538
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Ok, still working the superstructure for decks 2-4; but, nearing completion. This was in dozens of pieces as of the time this render was done. After a week worth of eyeballing, measuring and stitching bits together, this is now largely in two pieces and I may have another update yet tonight. I rechecked position on the windows and resultantly dropped the height of the window placement on deck 2. The outer and inner hull sections have been cut to match the new placement. Will have to mod the lowpolly skins as well; but, such is life.. Still workin it tonight; so, back at it. __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.

February 28 2013, 05:28 AM	#539
blssdwlf Commodore	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Nice! The window placements do offer a challenge though!

February 28 2013, 08:46 AM	#540
havoc92 Commander Location: Central Indiana	Re: NCC-1701 USS Enterprise Deck by Deck - WIP Still workin; but, here's another update in place.. Still have a number of things to do; but, everything has been combined at this point. Now I have to mod it for the bridge deck floor, gangway and the turbolift passthrough/support. Framing for the observatory door is already done. __________________ "..the days of me not taking you seriously are coming to a middle." - Mal Reynolds, Firefly.